Re: How does a notebook get its own filename or directory?
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- Subject: [mg50069] Re: [mg50061] How does a notebook get its own filename or directory?
- From: jmt <jmt at dxdydz.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 01:50:17 -0400 (EDT)
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The following command will set the Directory to the notebook folder :
SetDirectory[ DirectoryName[ToFileName[
"FileName" /. NotebookInformation[SelectedNotebook[]]]]]
On 2004 08 13 11:56, Joseph Gwinn wrote:
> I like to put multiple datafiles in a subdirectory of the same directory
> as the analysis notebook resides. It would be convenient if this
> Mathematica notebook could find these datafiles without help, but
> unfortunately I have not figured out how to do this. Currently, I just
> manually put the full pathname in the notebook's code, which works but is
> a problem if I move the directory.
>
> What would solve the problem is if there were a way for a notebook to
> obtain the full pathname of the file containing that notebook. However,
> all the directory-related and path-related commands in Mathematica 5.0
> seem to be concerned only with the location of the Mathematica kernel and
> its libraries, and not at all concerned with the location of the
> notebook. Now, the kernel has to know where the notebook lives, so the
> problem is to persuade the kernel to speak.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe Gwinn
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- From: Joseph Gwinn <JoeGwinn@comcast.net>
- How does a notebook get its own filename or directory?